Kirli Saunders

Kirli Saunders is a proud Gunai Woman who rarely stays in her lane. An award-winning, multidisciplinary artist, writer, singer-songwriter, and consultant, Kirli creates to connect, to make change. Her books have been celebrated by multiple literary awards, such as the Prime Minister's and the Queensland, Victorian, and Western Australian Premiers' Literary awards, the Children's Book Council Australia awards, and the Australian Book Industry awards. In 2022, she was awarded an Order of Australia Medal for her contribution to the arts.

Freya Blackwood is an award-winning illustrator of children's books, who draws with a distinct style that is warm, perceptive and immediately recognizable. Since publishing her first picture book in 2003, Freya has won multiple awards, including the prestigious Kate Greenaway Medal.